Istanbul's Byzantine and Ottoman architectural masterpieces including Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque ● legendary ruins of Ephesus and the marble-paved Arcadian Way ● haunting medieval Armenian capital of Ani with thousand church spires ● Cappadocia's otherworldly landscapes with underground cities and rock churches ● Göbeklitepe, the world's oldest temple complex predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years ● King Antiochus's audacious mountaintop monument at Nemrut Dag

Seoul: city tour & the DMZ ● Welcome dinner at top of Namsan Seoul Tower ● Unique & beautiful Jeju Island Immersion in Korean culture, ancient & modern ● Hakone Outdoor Museum ● Kyoto: Temples & shrines ● Hiroshima: Peace Memorial Park ● Aso-Kuju National Park: five cone volcano ● Nagasaki: feudal castles, samurai houses, Meiji-era villas, smoking volcanoes

Guided visit to Legendary Carthage Djerba island excursion Ancient Greek Temples at Agrigento & Paestum Compelling Pompeii Rome - The Vatican & the Sistine Chapel

Guided Valletta harbour cruise ● Pre-historic temples of Hagar Qim and Ggantija, beautiful Gozo ● colourful fishing village of Marsaxlokk ● Ancient Greek Temples at Agrigento & Paestum ● Compelling Pompeii ● Verona of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' ● Water taxi ride on Venice canals

Barcelona: Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance ● Madrid: City tour & Prado ● Andalucia: Orange groves, flower-filled patios ● 'Imperial cities', Meknes, Fes, Marrakech ● Atlas Mountain vistas and charming villages ● Relaxed seaside town of Essaouira.

Tashkent Old City tour ● Khiva: World Heritage Site ● Scenic Lake Issyk-Kul ● Cosmopolitan Yerevan: City tour ● Major Armenian Christian sites ● Tbilisi: City Tour & Mtskhetai, ancient capital ● Travelling the Georgian Military Highway to the high Caucasus

Guided visit to Legendary Carthage Ancient Greek Temples at Agrigento & Paestum Rome - The Vatican & the Sistine Chapel Walking the Cinque Terre Water taxi ride on Venice canals Guided Valletta harbour cruise Pre-historic temples of Hagar Qim and Ggantija

Granada & the Alhambra ● 'Imperial cities', Meknes, Fes, Marrakech ● Madrid: City tour & Prado ● Comprehensive Barcelona city tour ● Santiago de Compostela: Place of Pilgrimage ● Relaxed seaside town of Essaouira.